The Emotional Lives of Teenagers, by Lisa Damour

Do you have teenagers or will you eventually have teenagers? This book discussion is for you! The Emotional Lives of Teenagers is a guide for parents to understand and support their teenagers' emotional development, addressing common challenges and providing practical strategies for building a strong and supportive relationship during adolescence. 

Church Office

You are invited to take an evening to pause from the hustle and bustle of life, to focus on a very precious relationship—the one that you have with your partner. In this offering we will consider practical ways of loving and our propensity to love others as we want to be loved. After considering intentional ways to love ourselves we will then turn toward our partners to consider meaningful expressions of love, unique to them.

Pearl Kids and Families, come join us after church on February 8th for a Valentine’s Day party! We’ll have lots of crafty stuff on hand to make valentines and sweet treats to share too. We can’t wait to see you then!

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Are you committed to raising your child, in love? Most parents quickly say “Yes!” But what does it mean to raise a child in love? In earlier dispensations, this meant maintaining parental power and control through the use of fear tactics such as shame or physical pain. Today, it is abundantly clear that such “parenting” results in trauma—for children and parents. In this offering we will explore parenting dynamics and strategies grounded in theological and developmental thought that is intentionally non-dominion and non-violent. We will then brainstorm, as a group, the complexity and goodness of love as our guiding light.

We are happy to arrange childcare for this event, with at least three day's notice. You can request childcare while registering.

Two Services: 5:00 & 6:30pm

Everyone is invited to join in the celebration on Christmas Eve! We’ll sing Christmas songs and read Christmas stories and listen to a Christmas homily about Divine Light shining in the darkness. We’ll light Christmas candles as a reminder that light truly does cast out all that is dark. Consider inviting family and friends to this special service. Please note: both services will be identical. The only difference is that the 5pm service will be the only service with toddler, preschool, and elementary offerings.

Families, join us after second service on December 14 for cookie decoration with kids of all ages! We’ll supply sugar cookies and fun frostings and decorations (and a big tarp to keep the floor clean). Questions? Contact Heather Griffin or Drew Andrews.

Happy Halloween, Pearl Church! Join us the Sunday before Halloween right after our second service ends (about 11:45am) for everything a church “harvest party” was supposed to be! Costumes are highly encouraged, with games and treats ready after the service for kids and families. Kids are welcome to wear their costumes to church this morning. See you there!

Do you wrestle with device usage? Are you curious about recalibrating device usage, post-covid? Do you wonder how to engage your kids and youth in their device usage? Dr. Doreen Dodgen-Magee is a psychologist, speaker, and author who is passionate about people living wild, embodied, fiery lives… even with their devices in their hands. Her research focuses on the cost of our over-use of technology on our brains, bodies, souls, and relationships. We’re thrilled to have Doreen help us to wisely navigate our devices. Bring your thoughts and questions, and consider reading Doreen's book, Deviced!, prior to this educational offering.

We are happy to arrange childcare for this event, with at least three day's notice. You can request childcare while registering.

Pearl Kids and Families, come join us after church on February 9th for a Valentine’s Day party! We’ll have lots of crafty stuff on hand to make valentines and sweet treats to share too. We can’t wait to see you then!

Two Services: 5:00 & 6:30pm

Everyone is invited to join in the celebration on Christmas Eve! We’ll sing Christmas songs and read Christmas stories and listen to a Christmas homily about Divine Light shining in the darkness. We’ll even light Christmas candles as a reminder that light truly does cast out all that is dark. Consider inviting family and friends to this special service. Please note: both services will be identical. The only difference is that the 5pm service will be the only service with toddler, preschool, and elementary offerings.

Families, join us after second service on December 15 for cookie decoration with kids of all ages! We’ll supply sugar cookies and fun frostings and decorations (and a big tarp to keep the floor clean). Questions? Contact Heather Griffin or Drew Andrews.

Church Office

You are invited to take an evening to pause from the hustle and bustle of life, to focus on a very precious relationship—the one that you have with your partner. In this offering we will consider practical ways of loving and our propensity to love others as we want to be loved. After considering intentional ways to love ourselves we will then turn toward our partners to consider meaningful expressions of love, unique to them.

Church Office

Are you committed to raising your child, in love? Most parents quickly say “Yes!” But what does it mean to raise a child in love? In earlier dispensations, this meant maintaining parental power and control through the use of fear tactics such as shame or physical pain. Today, it is abundantly clear that such “parenting” results in trauma—for children and parents. In this offering we will explore parenting dynamics and strategies grounded in theological and developmental thought that is intentionally non-dominion and non-violent. We will then brainstorm, as a group, the complexity and goodness of love as our guiding light.

We are happy to arrange childcare for this event, with at least three day's notice. You can request childcare while registering.

Happy Halloween, Pearl Church! Join us the Sunday before Halloween right after our second service ends (about 11:45am) for everything a church “harvest party” was supposed to be! Costumes are highly encouraged, with games and treats ready after the service for kids and families. Kids are welcome to wear their costumes to church this morning. See you there!

Third Floor Terrace, after service

Join us for an end of the school year bash on June 9th after church. We’re celebrating all our kids, from elementary through high school, for another year of school. Everyone is welcome! Feel free to bring your own lunch or grab pizza and meet us up on the third floor terrace. We’ll have frozen treats, bubbles, music and games to celebrate another school year in the books! Can’t wait to party with you all!

Pearl Kids and Families, come join us after church on February 4th for a Valentine’s Day party! We’ll have lots of crafty stuff on hand to make valentines and sweet treats to share too. We can’t wait to see you then!

Two Services: 5:00 & 6:30pm

Everyone is invited to join in the celebration on Christmas Eve! We’ll sing Christmas songs and read Christmas stories and listen to a Christmas homily about Divine Light shining in the darkness. We’ll even light Christmas candles as a reminder that light truly does cast out all that is dark. Consider inviting family and friends to this special service. Please note: both services will be identical. The only difference is that the 5pm service will be the only service with toddler, preschool, and elementary offerings.

Note: there will not be a Sunday morning service on Christmas Eve, Sunday December 24.

Families, join us after church service on December 10 for cookie decoration with kids of all ages! We’ll supply sugar cookies and fun frostings and decorations (and a big tarp to keep the floor clean). Questions? Contact Heather Griffin or Drew Andrews.

Happy Halloween, Pearl Church! Join us the Sunday before Halloween right after our church service ends for everything a church “harvest party” was supposed to be! Costumes are highly encouraged, with games and treats ready after the service for kids and families. Kids are welcome to wear their costumes to church this morning. See you there!

Join us for our annual Blessing of the Animals! In celebration of the Feast of St. Francis, Christians throughout the world bless their dogs, cats, fish, pigs, chickens, horses, and so forth! For good public order we’ll keep it to domesticated pets. (Stuffed animals for your littlest ones, too!)

Join us at Wallace Park for a brief liturgy, blessing, and some treats (for your pet). Bring along a picnic blanket and snack and hang out for a bit afterward, too. Wallace Park has an enclosed dog park available as well. Questions? Contact Ben Conachan.

Third Floor Terrace, after service

Join us for an end of the school year bash on June 25th after church. Everyone is welcome! Feel free to bring your own lunch or grab pizza and meet us up on the third floor terrace. We’ll have frozen treats, bubbles, music and games to celebrate another school year in the books! Can’t wait to party with you all!

Join us on May 13th in SW Portland at Gabriel Park for a family play date. Gabriel Park has an amazing inclusive playground, skatepark, community gardens and nature path! So much to explore. Join us at the playground at 1pm and we’ll hang as long as we’re having fun!

directly following the first service at Ecotrust
Parents and caregivers of youth are invited to connect with other Pearl families at this quarterly meeting. We will connect and catch up while the youth will hang out in the church office. Snacks will be provided for the youth to munch on.

Join us on April 22nd at Luuwit View Park for an Earth Day family play date. Luuwit View is an amazing inclusive playground, with a stunning view of Mt St Helen (Luuwit is an Indigenous word for Mt St Helen). We’ll also have everything you need to plant some veggies to take home with you. We’ll be there at 1pm and hang as long as we’re having fun!

Come join us for a park play date at Peninsula Park on Saturday March 25th. Peninsula has so much to offer! Kids can swing, climb and slide on the playground before heading over to check out the public rose garden and fountain on the other side of the park. We’ll meet there at 1pm and hang as long as we’re having fun! Can’t wait to play with you then!

Questions? Please contact Heather Griffin.

Pearl Kids and families, join us for a few hours of fun at Playdate PDX! Playdate PDX is a three floor indoor play space with an interactive dance floor and a ball cannon! To say your kiddos will have fun is the understatement of the year. Playdate PDX is located in the Slabtown neighborhood at 1434 NW 17th Ave. We’ll meet there at 1pm and hang for as long as the kiddos are having fun. We can’t wait to see you there!

Questions? Contact Heather Griffin.

Everyone is welcome! Bring your sleds and tubes to join us for some sledding fun on Mt Hood! We’ll meet at the Snow Bunny Sliding area around 10am.

A parking pass is required, which you can purchase online ($4 for the day). Directions and parking pass can be found at this link.

If you plan to join us, please RSVP with Heather Griffin so we know to keep an eye out for you.

Two Services: 5:00 & 6:30pm

Everyone is invited this year to celebrate Christmas on Christmas Eve! We’ll sing Christmas songs and read Christmas stories and listen to a Christmas homily about Divine Light shining in the darkness. We’ll even light Christmas candles as a reminder that light truly does cast out all that is dark. Consider inviting family and friends to this special service. Please note: both services will be identical. The only difference is that the 5pm service will be the only service with toddler, preschool, and elementary offerings.

Note: there will not be a Sunday morning service on Christmas, December 25.

Families, join us after church service on December 11 for cookie decoration with kids of all ages! We’ll supply sugar cookies and fun frostings and decorations (and a big tarp to keep the floor clean). At the same time, we’ll be packing groceries and writing Christmas cards for our neighbors at Pearl Court for this month’s Neighbors Pantry, so parents can help out with that as well while kids decorate cookies. Questions? Contact Heather Griffin or Drew Andrews.